Tag: Election 2016
Hillary Clinton and the Neocons
Veteran GOP foreign policy hawks are flocking to Hillary Clinton. Is it callow opportunism, or a major realignment?
The biggest house race of 2016: Teachout vs. Faso
Teachout could be a case study of how progressive populists can use a combination of policy detail and political jiu-jitsu to beat back right-wing attacks.
A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in...
Is Clinton an emailing criminal? Is Trump a Russian agent? Will we be less safe during the next administration?
CNN fires interim DNC chair for leaking debate questions to Clinton...
Brazile, who took over from Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chair in July, has been exposed by Wikileaks for emailing debate questions to the Clinton campaign ahead of time.
A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in...
Is Trump a Russian agent? And is Clinton an emailing criminal? Will we be less safe during the next administration?
Black voters sue North Carolina over last-minute purges
The NAACP says the practice is disenfranchising thousands.
Tom Frank (and We) Describe How the Anti-Trump Was Destroyed
It is a mistake to brush off a primary with huge significance.
Indiana Officials are Trying to Block Almost 45,000 Black Citizens from...
Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.